Grant
Puritan Board Graduate
Our family uses the blue Book of Psalms for Worship. I made the decision for us to use this version because I found the 1650 Psalter‘s older language created an even larger barrier for my wife and children to begin a relatively new practice of Psalm singing. I am looking for some practical advise on some of the longer Psalms (ex. Psalm 18 and Psalm 119). Of course I prefer if possible to sing the entire Psalm with a single tune. However, the Blue book will often split them up. Still generally it is easy to use the Psalm tune we learned to sing for the first half of the psalm for the second half even if the book splits it up (ex. 85A & 85B) Or having to learn 2 tunes for a single Psalm is not too bad (ex. 9A & 9B).
However I am seeing that because of the organization of some of the Psalms (17, 18, 119), that this method is not as feasible because of the structure. Now to be clear, I do not mind learning 4-5 tunes to sing Psalm 18, but I was looking for some practical advise from more experienced Psalm singers. Ideally, we would like to sing a Psalm all the way through with a single tune. This of course is a strength of the 1650 Scottish Psaslter, but I am trying to see if there are other options.
P.S. If the 1650 would be my only other option for Psalm 18 and 119, can you provide good tune recommendations for singing those all the way through?
However I am seeing that because of the organization of some of the Psalms (17, 18, 119), that this method is not as feasible because of the structure. Now to be clear, I do not mind learning 4-5 tunes to sing Psalm 18, but I was looking for some practical advise from more experienced Psalm singers. Ideally, we would like to sing a Psalm all the way through with a single tune. This of course is a strength of the 1650 Scottish Psaslter, but I am trying to see if there are other options.
P.S. If the 1650 would be my only other option for Psalm 18 and 119, can you provide good tune recommendations for singing those all the way through?
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